Hello everyone!
Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.
All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,
but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.
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Hello everyone!
Today's idiom is: raise eyebrows.
Raise eyebrows.
Alright, so this is a fairly simple idiom.
You can see your eyebrows and if you raise your eyebrows, how does that look?
Yeah? Maybe shocked?
Maybe surprised?
Okay? Raise eyebrows.
Alright, let's listen to some examples and think about the meaning.
How did you feel when the shyest student won the talent contest?
It raised some eyebrows.
Alright, so a very shy student won the talent contest, it was very surprising, yeah?
It raised some eyebrows.
Let's listen to the next example.
What was the reaction of the people who saw the magic show?
It definitely raised some eyebrows.
Alright, so maybe the magic show was very shocking, surprising, okay?
So, raise eyebrows means something was very shocking or surprising.
Sometimes it's in a negative way.
For example, my sister got a big tattoo, yeah?
It raised some eyebrows when she went to the beach.
Oooh.
Yeah, it's very shocking and surprising and a little bit negative sometimes.
Alright, so you can use the phrase 'raise eyebrows' next time you see something or you did something
that was very surprising or shocking, alright?
And I hope that you don't raise any eyebrows in your daily life
or if you want to, go ahead and raise some eyebrows if you like to be surprising and shocking and keep people on their toes.
Alright, I'll see you again next time.